Pau Closas

Pau Closas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, leading the Information Processing Lab and co-directing the SPIRAL Group. He has held leadership roles including Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine and Head of Statistical Inference for Communications and Positioning at CTTC in Barcelona.

• MS (2014), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering
• PhD (2009), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Electrical Engineering
• MS (2003), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Electrical and Computer Engineering

His research lies at the intersection of statistical signal processing and computational statistics, focusing on robust filtering over complex systems. Key application areas include satellite-based navigation, indoor positioning, wireless communications, and mathematical biology. Current projects involve AI-based sensor fusion for ionospheric dynamics and distributed AI for secure navigation systems.

Notable awards include the 2023 Harry Rowe Mimno Award, 2019 NSF CAREER Award, and EURASIP Best PhD Thesis Award (2014). He has secured over $15 million in grants from NSF, DARPA, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory for projects like RESILIENT and CAREER: Secure Positioning. His leadership roles extend to Chief Scientist at Albora Technologies and co-director of Northeastern's SPIRAL research group.